posted October 12, 2008, 3:32 am

The Typographic Pledge
(place your hand over your heart)

  1. I will not stretch or squish type.
  2. I will not outline type.
  3. I will not stack type.
  4. I will use prime marks and quotation marks appropriately.
  5. I will appropriately use hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes.
  6. I will honor the classic families of type.
  7. I pledge not to commit crimes against typography.